Sexual health competence of international medical graduate psychiatric residents in the United States.

Objective: Currently in the United States, more than one in three psychiatric residents are international medical graduates (IMGs). In light of forecasts of physician shortages, this proportion is likely to continue growing. Although central to psychiatric care, sexual health competence levels of IMGs may be lower than those of U.

The role of FABP2 gene polymorphism in alcoholic cirrhosis.

Hypertriglyceridemia and dietary lipids have been suggested to modulate the severity of alcoholic liver disease and the progression to alcoholic cirrhosis (AC). The intestinal fatty acid binding protein (IFABP) is the main transporter of dietary fatty acids into the enterocyte and has a genetic polymorphism, FABP2 A54T that has been associated with hypertriglyceridemia. We determined the frequency of the FABP2 gene polymorphism using PCR-RFLP and measured serum triglycerides, HDL, LDL, total lipids and cholesterol in 67 patients with AC and in 124 unrelated healthy individuals.

The epsilon4 allele of apolipoprotein E gene is a potential risk factor for the severity of macular edema in type 2 diabetic Mexican patients.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between APOE polymorphism and the severity of retinal hard exudates in Mexican patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: We studied 36 patients with diabetic retinopathy and 22 unrelated and apparently healthy age-matched individuals. Blood samples for DNA genotyping and lipid profile were taken.